You mean the M$M got it wrong? No way!

First report was that it was a gun given to him. This was a popular thing to talk about because it meant that somebody had bought a gun, Roof had avoided the background check, and that, in itself, was illegal. (People love the idea of punishing others when they're outraged.)

By 24 hours later it was "he was given money for his birthday and he used it to buy a gun." That left a lot of people wondering which is was. But the second report persisted. This clears it up once and for all: whatever the source of the money, roof bought the gun.

First reports are often wrong, esp. on details. Very often, in fact.

For example, it's been pointed out that Roof did admit to possessing drugs. However, that would have been a misdemeanor, and the way many here read the laws that by itself wouldn't disqualify him from buying the gun. Perhaps Comey got it wrong; perhaps the reports over what he admitted are wrong. There's still an inconsistency.

Perfection is elusive for many lesser beings, I guess.

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person— (1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; (2) is a fugitive from justice; (3) is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)); (4) has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution; (5) who, being an alien— (A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United States; or (B) except as provided in subsection (y)(2), has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(26))); (6) who [2] has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions; (7) who, having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his citizenship; (8) is subject to a court order that restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child, except that this paragraph shall only apply to a court order that— (A) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had the opportunity to participate; and (B) (i) includes a finding that such person represents a credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner or child; or (ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or (9) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

his refusal to call Roof's actions "terrorism" despite it being a textbook example.

could be considered "Terrorism."

But, the Fact Is: that it could have been stopped if the FBI's chain of alerts was functional.

That's why Comey went down to SC to meet with the families.

I do think it's a bit odd he did that and admitted the FBI had failed in this instance if what you are saying was a
"Terrorist Act" that and nothing more than that.

it was a terrorist act. The FBI's failure makes all the worse. If they would stop wasting time and resources trolling the Muslim community they might have prevented this attack.

You have one person do the background check and a second person to validate the findings. Right now there is a woman who worked or works for the FBI who will spend the rest of her life feeling horrible for allowing Dylan Roof to buy a gun. She made a terrible terrible mistake. Denying him a permit wouldn't have necessarily stopped him from obtaining a gun but it would have made it more difficult. Expanding background checks is a great idea but each check must be evaluated by more than one person to make sure things like this do not happen. People DO make mistakes.

On CNN he was raging against ISIS/ISIL saying that the threats on July 4th, that FBI saved us from, could be linked to them and we need to be aware this isn't "your Grandfather's al Quaeda,"anymore. Give me a BREAK...Your Grandfather's Terrorist Group? What was he thinking?

So....FBI Flubs Up and didn't get the paper work to Charleston to stop Dylann from buying that gun?

I think he must be feeling pressure to go down to SC to explain to the Families of those 9 Prominent SC Citizens as to why their family members are dead and yet we rounded up 10 Terrorists Groups ready to kill us on July 4th, 2015 and yet he couldn't stop a 21 year old with a drug offense that in SC would have put him on the list to stop him buying gun in South Carolina.

I have no idea anymore what they do or don't do or focus on with the FBI, these days.